Tips for the Carlos Ray unlock?

[King K.B]

I'm struggling to put out enough damage early on to get a build going where you have to complete a run with the 3 enemy buffing constellations active.

If you've completed this challenge, what combinations have you found to work?

[Turtlenator97]

Originally posted by The Chieftain:

Here are some tips, which can be helpful, while dealing with the Carlos Ray achievment.

- Stack passive bonuses - take your time, get your skill points both for tree and permanent upgrades, you'll need this.

- Preffered class: Paladin
I tried several classes and I think that Paladin is the most forgiving one. Stomp allows to easy make a breathing room, so chances to getting cornered are greatly reduced. Divine Shield fully negate damage from single strike, which also make the run a lot easier, as for this challenge blows will hurt a lot.

- Constellations: Cetus, Orion, Hydra are mandatory for this challenge. In addition to them select Horologium (faster game time, more souls), Aquarius, Vulpecula (Sumotoris will lose their shield), and Centaurus. The last one is very important.

- Artifacts: Ancient Dragon Armor, Alpha Magma Fish Scales - both of them provides additional armor, much needed for this run. For the third slot I recommend the infnite cube (+7 rounds in mag).

- Primary Weapon: Sniper Rifle. Very high damage, penetration and accuracy, scales very well with upgrades and got 8 rounds in mag (thanks to the Infinite Cube) provides superior DPS boost, much needed here. But the most important thing is Tier 5 upgrade, which makes Sniper Rifles hit always counted as headshot/weakspot hits (which synergizes well with Centaurus constellation) and direct weakspots hits have a whooping 50% insta-kill chance for regular enemies. Maybe there are other options, but this is pretty easy to use and very effective.

- Secodary weapon: I would grab a Shield Generator for further survivability boost or anything with pusher to for making space.

- Passive weapon: any will do, I would take a Familiar:Cat for additional health/blood supply, but any other option should do well.

- Relics: Prioritize getting speed, as it will be needed to traverse the map and evade enemy hits. Your second priority is armor to make hits less painful if you screw up evasion. Other bonuses are nice, but focus on those two mentioned earlier.

- Map: Villige Yard is the easiest one. Lots of chokepoints to funnel the stream of enemies, easy layout and to finish it you just need to get into the baloon.

- Playstyle: Stay in chockepoint funneling the enemies. If there is a risk of being overrun, escape and use stomp. Also don't be afraid to skip some chests, if grabbing them would be to risky.

Hope this helps!

I got it on my 3rd try in village yard by doing this good luck it was hard

[Vandabo]

For most achievements I used Scout with all sniper rifles. The sniper rifle essentially negates enemy health buffs once it gets to level 5. The scout was always easier for me to avoid damage with, due to the double jump and dash abilities, and the blood rush if you're really backed into a corner or need to deal with a bunch of bosses.
I found the Necropolis or the Temple of the Night to be the easiest maps because they are very open and easy to jump between places where enemies can't get behind you, so you can line up a bunch of them at a time in order to take advantage of the sniper rifle piercing ability. It's also much easier to deal with bosses when they are all out in the open, so you don't have to hunt them through tight hallways where enemies can overwhelm you. Village Yard is also pretty good because the goal to end the mission is just to get to the balloon, which is much easier than the others. I just find it to be more annoying to kite enemies in that map.

[King K.B]

Finally got it!

Used Dracula with snipers, Familiar: Cat and Black Hole Generator.

Stacked reload speed and got lucky with the relic that boosts damage after reload.